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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation will finish your summer with a bang

In a Nutshell: I can neither approve, nor deny this movie
review without approval from the Secretary…

Tom Cruise reminds us again that he is still an action star
that can draw us in. Alec Baldwin’s
character says of Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise): “Hunt is uniquely trained and highly
motivated, a specialist without equal, immune to any counter-measures, there is
no secret he cannot extract, no security he cannot breach, no person he cannot
become….Hunt is the living manifestation of destiny.”

The movie is pure action, fun, fresh, intelligent and just
what you want to watch with some buttery popcorn. This franchise knows its audience and delivers.

Uplifting Theme:

·Self-sacrifice, loyalty, friendship, patriotism.

Things I liked:

· The comic
relief role is provided by the loveable Benji (Simon Pegg whose movie Hector and the Search for Happiness
inspiring).
He sighs, “IMF. See the world….on
a monitor…in a closet.”

·The Turandot opera scene was pretty awesome,
using the music to accent the action.

·The Mission Impossible theme song isthe best.

·I love that the villain has a high-pitched whiny
voice, instead of the deep growl that most villains have.

·Aw, those masks.

·It’s always fun to see Alec Baldwin involved
with the CIA. One of my favorite movies
of his is The Hunt for Red October
.

·You know an underwater action sequence is good
when it makes you hold your breath.

·Fun chase scenes and lots of them.

Things I didn’t like:

·It always cracks me up when spy women in long ball
gowns and high heels climb curtains and roof tops with ease.

·Beautiful woman in a wet bikini, walking slowly
out of a swimming pool. So cliché. I guess it’s to be expected in a Mission
Impossible or James Bond movie. Rebecca
Ferguson is a nice addition to the franchise.